Retail is dead; long live retail. Brick and mortar retail is being resuscitated by an unlikely rescuer … online stores. Finding it increasingly difficult to make a buck shipping and returning goods, some of the trendiest online stores are finding better branding opportunities, better margins and increased sales IRL. The new Amazon Book stores [...]

As consumer technology brings new conveniences, retailers and brands are finding they have to work harder to stay on top of emerging innovations. Those attending the recent CES event in Las Vegas found a gold mine of self-service products designed to help retailers and brands stay relevant as e-commerce continues to grab more of the retail [...]

kwolia, a strategic advisory firm for connection + curation + communication, announced that the Retail Innovation Lounge has partnered with Living in Digital Times’ High-Tech Retailing program at CES 2018 in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Jan. 9-12. READ MORE

At this year’s CES, I had the enjoyment of talking with Robin Raskin at the High-Tech Selling Summit. In our fireside chat, I outlined a few of the essential trends for offering innovation with technology.It’s obvious that most consumers include innovation in their shopping experiences. 92%of today’s buyers want an “omnichannel”shopping experience implying that [...]